How Nudge Foundation is enabling not-profits to thrive
What started as an incubator programme N/Core to create a support system for early-stage non-profits in 2017 gradually evolved into a plethora of offerings under Centre for Social Innovation
Sonal Khetarpal | January 7, 2021 | Updated 01:28 IST
India has one of the biggest start-up ecosystems in the world with a huge network of angel funders, venture capital/private equity firms and co-working spaces. But, a similar ecosystem for not-profits is largely missing.
On top of that, laws also deter not-profits to access institutional funding in their initial years. NGOs become eligible for CSR funding after three years of inception. Even eligibility to obtain FCRA licence kicks in after three years. Ultimately, the founders have to bootstrap and navigate the initial upheavals of starting up all on their own.
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Cisco Along With Govt Launches Competition To Attract Agri-Tech Start Ups
Cisco India and SAARC Managing Director (Public Affairs and Strategic Engagements) Harish Krishnan said the company aims to accelerate digital transformation in the agriculture sector through the Cisco Agri Challenge platform.
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IT firm Cisco India on Friday announced a competition with a prize money of Rs 2 crore, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, to find agri-tech start-ups with innovative solutions.
The Cisco Agri Challenge is being co-hosted by K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, while conceptualised and managed by NGO The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation , it said in a statement.
Networking giant Cisco on Friday said it has partnered with nonprofit organisation The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation and the Indian government for an agri challenge with a prize purse of Rs 2 crore aimed at mobilising agri-tech startups to innovate solutions that have the potential to positively impact at least 10 million small farmers. The Cisco Agri Challenge challenge will run in stages over twelve months. It will support participants in developing, testing, and scaling solutions that help alleviate the issues of low income and diminishing profitability farmers in India are facing. Such a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaboration will play a catalytic role in implementing scientific and technological interventions in agriculture, thereby improving farmers productivity and doubling farmers income, K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, who is co-hosting the challenge, said in a statement.